In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
PADDLEWHEEL
paddlewheel, paddle wheel
(noun) a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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